Material carrier for strand-wrapping machines



July 14, 1925.

F. S. KOCHENDORFER MATERI L c'ARRIER FOR STRAND WRAPPING MACHINES Filed Aug. I51 1922 Ryan 07 Frederic .SJfoch endoyer Patented July 14, 1925.

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: E E ER C SHIELDS CCHENDCREERQ E "RIVER EoREsr, rnLINoIs, AssIGNoR TO wEs'rERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCo oRA'rEn, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A CoRPoRA- TION on EW YORK.

MATERIAL CARRIERQFOR STRAND-WRAPPING MACHINES.

Application filed August 31, 1922. Serial No. 585,558.

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Be it known that I, FREDERIC SHIELDS KooHENDoREER, a citizen of the United States, residing at River Forest, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new. and usefulImprovements in Material Carriersv for Strand- ,VVrapping Machines, of which the following -is a full,-clear, concise, and exact description: a f

This invention relatesto improvements in material carriers. for strand wrapping machiries. f s

An object of the invention'is to provide a :carrier attachablev to the serving head of a strand wrapping machine, which may be ."stacked to form, Withothers, amaga'zine, and designed to bereadily removable from the machine when the material on the ,carrier is exhausted. Another object istoi-so-designthe carrier that the amount of material thereon ing headare in operation. 1

.1 A further object of the. invention is I to provide such a carrier ,withjmeans for re taining thereon a metallic tape in pad form,

.the retaining means being ofsuch characvter that the tape is prevented "from un- "coiling when the padis in .the magazine,

A still further object is to provide a carrier whichis simple, durable, and cheap to manufacture; ,1 1

Other objects and "advantages of the invention will be described. in detail in the following description and particularly "pointed out in the appended claims. l

In the accompanying drawings which illustrateone embodiment of the invention. Fig. lis a front elevation of a carrier made in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. 1

The material carrieriherein disclosed is particularly designed for ,1 use with themetallic taping ma'chin-e disclosed in co-pend-- ing applicatlon Serial'No. 585,562, filed I The carrier comprisesa thin, circular, me-

of wrapping from the spirit-and scope of.

t-allic plate 5 having a central opening 16 which is flanged over-at right angles to the plate to form a narrow hub. portion .7 which is designed to fit upon a suitable rotatable support of the taping head. The hub? of the carrier is'providedwith a slot 18 constituting a key-Way to receive a suitable key carried by the rotatable support, whereby the said support and carrier are. rotatable together. The width of the hub 7 is-made slightly greater than the widthof; the tape 8 supported on the carrier so that theover- .all width of the carrier, is only slightly greater than the Width of thetape whereby a relatively large number ofbthecarriers may be stacked andyetfOrm-arelatively short magazine. One end 9 of the tape 8 is .threaded through spaced parallel slots 10 out in the hub 7 which provide a means for .retaining this 'endofthe tape in place; The tape coiled on edge to form a rests against the plate 5.

Y maybe observed while theoarrier and servor the like, the outer end of the tape may be glued, sewed or otherwise attached." to the surface of the adjacent layer'of thetape. When the tape is made of metal, a satisfactory means for holdingthe out-er end thereof and preventing the tape from uncoiling comprises a spring 12 having an eye 13 formed on one end thereof, the end 11 of the tape being passed through the eye 13 and bent back upon itself at the point 14;.

The spring 12 isstretched to-place tension on thetape and its other end 15 threaded through a'hole 16 made in the plate 5 and bent back upon itselfto secure it in place.

The carrier is attached to the taping mathe plate 5. In order that the amount of of large openings 17 are providedv in, the

viewed. 1

.,After the tape on the carrier is exhausted,

it is desirable that the carrier shouldv be removed from the machine. To remove the chine so that the tape is positioned behind plate 5 through which 'the tape may be carrier, it is first detached I from the taping"-' head and then slid over the taped conductor, the conductor passing through the slot 18 which communicates with one of the openings 17, and then through-an opening afiorded by flexing apart the abutting. ends chine.

of the plate formed by a cut 19" which intersects the opening 16.

What is claimed is: 1. A material carrier for strand wrapping machines, comprising a body portion attachable to and removable from the serving head of the wrapping machine and said body portion being provided with a slit, the ends of which are adapted to be flexed apart to form an opening whereby the carrier may be slipped over the wrapped strand to remove it fromthe machine.- p

2: A material carrier for strand wrapping machines, comprising a body portion attachable to and removable from the serving head of the Wrapping machine, said body portion having openings through which the amount of material on the-carrier may be observed while the carrier andserving head are in operation, and said body portion slit whereby the carrier may be slipped over the wrapped strand to remove it from the ma- 3. A carrier for-tape in pad form comprising a plate against'which the tape pad is "disposedfsaid plate having a hub and slots 'tliroughwhich the inner en'd of the tapemay be threaded.

prising a plate against which the tape. pad is disposed, said plate having a hub and means to whichthe inner end ofthe tape may be attached and tension means attached to the plate and to the outer end of the tape r to prevent the tape from unco-iling.

5. A carrier for tape in pad;form comprising a plate against which the tape pad is disposed, saidplatehaving a hub and means towhich the inner end of the tape may be attached and a spring attached at,

one end to the plate and at its other end to the outer end of the tape to prevent the tape from uncoiling.

6. A carrier for tape in pad form comprising a plate against which the tape pad disposed, a hub on said plate provided with slots through which the inner end of the tape may be threaded, and a spring at tached at one end to the plate and at its other end to the outer end of the tape to preventthe tape from uncoiling.

7 A material carrier for strand wrapping machines, comprising a body portion or supporting the material, said body portion consisting of a plate, against which the material is disposed, and a hub tormed on said plate, on which the material is wound, said plate having anopening through which the amount of material on the carrier may be observed while the carrier and serving wound, said plate having openings through which the amount of material'on the carrier may be observed while the carrier and serving head are in operation.

9. A carrier for tape in pad form comprising a'plate against which the tape pad is disposed, said plate being provided with an opening through which the amount of the tape on the carrier may be observed,a hub on -said plate, provided I with slots throng};

which the inner end of the tape may threaded, and a spring attached at one end to the plate and at'its other end to the outer end of the tape to prevent the tape from uncoiling.

10. A material carrier for strand-wrapping machines, comprising a body portion" attachable to and removable from the serving head of the wrapping machine, said body portion com rising a plate against which the material is isposed, a hub on said plate protil vided with slots through which the inner endof the material may be threaded, and a Y spring attached at one end to the plate and 4. A carrier for tape in pa'd torm com-f at its other end to the outer end of the material to ing, said rier may he slipped over the wrapped strand to remove it from the machine. J

11. A carrier for strand wrapping" machines, comprising a body portion attach- I able to and removable from the serving head of the wrapping machine, saidbody portion comprising a plate against which the tape pad is disposed, said plate being provided with an opening through which the amount 1 of the tape on the carrier may be observed"- while the carrier and serving head are in operation, a hub on said plate provided with slots through which the inner end of the tape may be threaded and a spring attached 1 at one end to the plate'and at its other-end to the outer end ofthe tape to prevent the tape from uncoiling, said body portion slit whereby the carrier may be slipped over the wrapped strand to remove it from the-ma c n {-12. A carrier for strand material comprisin a body portion against which the material may be isposed, said body portion having openings through whichtheinner 1 end of the strand material maybe threaded.

13.A carrier for strand material comprising a body portion against which the material may be disposed and means attach able to the body portion and to the strand 1 material to prevent the said strand material from uncoiling.

14. A carrier for strand material comprising a body portion against which the material maybe disposed, saidbody portion I prevent the material from uncoil- 91 ody portion slit whereby the carhaving means to which the inner end of the material may be attached and means attachable to the body portion and to the strand material to prevent the said strand material from uncoillng. 1

15. A carrier for strand material comprising a body portion against whichthe material may be disposed, said body portion havin means towhich the inner end of the material may be attached and elastic means attached to the body portion and to the strand material to prevent the said strand material from uncoiling.

16. A material carrier for strand wrapping machines, comprising a body portion for supporting the material and an element carried by said body portion on which the material is wound, means attachable to the body portion and to the strand material to prevent the said strand material from uncoiling, said body portion so designed that the carrier may be slipped over the wrapped strand to remove it from the machine.

' 17. A carrier for strand material comprising a body portion against which the material may be disposed, said body portion having means to which the inner end of the strand material may be attached.

18. A material carrier for strand wrapping machines, comprising a body portion for supporting the material and an element carried by said body portionon which the material is Wound, said body portion having means to which the inner end of the material may be attached and means attachable to the body portion and to the strand material to prevent the said strand material from uncoiling.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 26th day of August A. D., 1922.

FREDERIQ SHIELDS KOCHENDORFER. 

